QMI Agency

Team Canada will host Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group playoff Sept. 12-14, the International Tennis Federation determined via a draw on Tuesday.

The playoff will determine if Canada will retain its World Group spot for 2015.

“Our team has demonstrated over the past three years that we are indeed a World Group nation,” said Canadian team captain Martin Laurendeau. “We have the entire summer to prepare and get everyone playing their best tennis so that we can take on Colombia in September and keep our place where we believe we belong.”

Canada holds a 5-4 record – all of its losses coming in South America – against the No. 26-ranked Colombians.

The two countries last met in Bogota in 2010 where Colombia claimed a 4-1 victory.

Tennis Canada has yet to determine a host city or playing surface for September's meeting.

The Canadians started the season in the World Group for the third consecutive year, playing their first-round tie on the road against Japan in Tokyo, where injuries to Canada’s top two singles players, Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil, contributed to a disappointing 4-1 loss that forced Canada to play in September's World Group playoff match.